List of Figures List of Tables Preface Notes on the Contributors PART I: EVALUATION OF REGIONAL INTEGRATION SCHEMES Overview; B.Stallings Andean Community Trade Flows and Policies in the Nineties; F.González-Vigil How Can APEC Help Asia to Get Over the Economic Crisis?; I.Yamazawa Nation-State, Free Trade, and Economic Integration in Latin America; F.Zapata PART II: NATIONAL PERSPECTIVES ON INTEGRATION AND DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES Overview; N.Saavedra-Rivano The Role of Free Trade Agreements in Chile's Development Strategy; M.R.Agosín Macroeconomic Coordination and Policy Problems of Regional Blocs: Reflections on the Mercosur Experiment; M.L.F.Silva, J.P.de Andrade & T.S.Torrance Development Affinities in Regional Integration; N.Saavedra-Rivano Combining Integration and Development Strategies: The Malaysian Perspective; M.Z.Abidin Economic Globalization: Regional Economic Integration and China's Economic Development Strategy; Zhou Jianming PART III: CROSS-PACIFIC COOPERATION AND INTEGRATION Overview; A.Hosono Regional Integration and Global Free Trade: Working at Cross Purposes?; M.Ariff Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) and the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA): Possibilities for Trans-Pacific Cooperation; A.Hosono Perspectives on Trade Between Latin America and Asia-Pacific; M.Kuwayama Index